Men, have you told the mother of your children how much you love her? Those three words work magic.

The Upper Sandusky and Wynford FFA chapters each took two teams on April 26 to the Area 1 Envirothon Contest at Rush Creek Sportsmen’s Club in Belle Center. Wynford’s first team won the competition and Upper Sandusky’s first team took third to advance to the state competition June 12-13 at Ohio Christian University.

Ohio hunters checked 10,280 wild turkeys during the first week of the wild turkey hunting season, April 24-30, an increase from 8,629 in 2016. Wyandot County saw an increase in birds harvested from 2016, with 50 birds taken this year compared to 42 the previous year.

Producers on farms with base acres under the safety net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage programs, may visit Farm Services Agency county offices to sign contracts and enroll for the 2017 crop year.

An Upper Sandusky man was sentenced to more than four years in prison on burglary charges Monday in Wyandot County Common Pleas Court. Zachary D. Young, 19, was sentenced to four and a half years on three counts of burglary and two counts of grand theft, all third-degree felonies.

CAREY — A 40-year-old Marion man accused of raping a child was arrested Monday afternoon in Wyandot County. Michael C. Brown is charged with two counts of rape, a first-degree felony, Marion Municipal Court records show.

May is National Bike Month and Wyandot County Health Alliance is encouraging people of all ages to get out and ride. Wednesday is Kids Bike to School Day, and adults may join the fun May 19 for Bike to Work Day.

The Mohawk Board of Education received an update on a five-year fiscal forecast from Treasurer Rhonda Feasel on Monday evening. The forecast focuses on the expected state of Mohawk Local School’s general operating fund.

The Upper Sandusky Police Department responded to reports of seven vehicles being broken into over the weekend. Two vehicles on Summit Street, three vehicles in the 500 block of South Warpole Street, a vehicle in the 300 block of South Eighth Street and a vehicle in the 500 block of South Sandusky Avenue were entered Friday and Saturday, police reports show.

Sarah A. Edgington, Upper Sandusky, was warned for a red light violation on South Eighth Street at South School the afternoon of April 14. An officer responded to a private property crash in the 300 block of Summit Street the evening of April 14.